Trig functions questions [44

marks]

The following diagram shows a ball attached to the end of a spring, which is
suspended from a ceiling.

The height, h metres, of the ball above the ground at time t seconds after being
released can be modelled by the function h(t)= 0. 4 cos(πt)+1. 8 where t ≥ 0.

1a. Find the height of the ball above the ground when it is released. [2 marks]

1b. Find the minimum height of the ball above the ground. [2 marks]

1c. Show that the ball takes 2 seconds to return to its initial height above [2 marks]
the ground for the first time.

1d. For the first 2 seconds of its motion, determine the amount of time that [5 marks]
the ball is less than 1. 8 + 0. 2√2 metres above the ground.

1e. Find the rate of change of the ball’s height above the ground when t 1 [4 marks]
= 3
. Give your answer in the form pπ√q ms−1 where p ∈ Q and q ∈ Z+ .

log (cos 2 + 2) = log √cos 2 + 2

2a. Show that log9 (cos 2x + 2) = log3 √cos 2x + 2. [3 marks]

2b. Hence or otherwise solve log3 (2 sin x) = log9 (cos 2x + 2) for [5 marks]
0 < x < π2 .

The height of water, in metres, in Dungeness harbour is modelled by the function

H(t) = a sin(b(t − c)) + d, where t is the number of hours after midnight, and
a, b, c and d are constants, where a > 0, b > 0 and c > 0.
The following graph shows the height of the water for 13 hours, starting at
midnight.

The first high tide occurs at 04 : 30 and the next high tide occurs 12 hours later.
Throughout the day, the height of the water fluctuates between 2. 2 m and 6. 8 m .
All heights are given correct to one decimal place.

π
3a. Show that b= 6
. [1 mark]

3b. Find the value of a . [2 marks]

3c. Find the value of d. [2 marks]

3d. Find the smallest possible value of c. [3 marks]

3e. Find the height of the water at 12 : 00. [2 marks]

3f. Determine the number of hours, over a 24-hour period, for which the [3 marks]
tide is higher than 5 metres.
 4a. Show that sin 2x + cos 2x − 1 = 2 sin x(cos x − sin x). [2 marks]

4b. Hence or otherwise, solve sin 2x + cos 2x − 1 + cos x − sin x = 0 for [6 marks]
0 < x < 2π.

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